What Emma spoke about.

14 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures - Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund - Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances

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Madam President, it feels like I am living in two different realities: one where we have had the most extreme summers in Europe, where Parisians have literally been boiling and cooking eggs on their rooftops, where Europe has had massive wildfires, where 35 000 Europeans have died prematurely, where we have had massive wildfires across the continent, and where scientists say that we have already s…

9 Jul

2026

EN Speech

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Mr President, the common fisheries policy stems back for more than 55 years and is, together with the common agricultural policy and the internal market, one of the core policies of our Union, and that is why this discussion is so important today. For Renew Europe, our priority is on policies that deliver for fisheries, for the marine environment and for the coastal communities that depend on both…

8 Jul

2026

SV Speech

Harnessing the potential of a competitive and sustainable EU Bioeconomy Strategy for EU strategic autonomy (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Biofiber in clothing and fabric, strong glulam beams, stylish building materials, green chemicals, cleaning agents, lubricants, biobased paints and adhesives, bioplastics, sustainable packaging, biogas, biofuels, electricity and heat. The list can be long. I often stand in this pulpit and say that we in Europe must break our dependence on fossil energy sources, i…

6 Jul

2026

EN Speech

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, it is 'Pride Month', and I'm getting seriously tired with the LGBT+ minority. You are demanding, loud, unhappy, feeling sorry for yourself. I am normally very supportive of minorities, but with you guys, I'm having some serious issues. Because at some point you need to understand that love is love. And don't let your hate out on the trans, the drag, the gay, and the queer community. …

17 Jun

2026

EN Question

Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Andrea, we share the same passion for electrification, I have no doubt. But the latest analysis from ACER is really showing that the German electricity market is not functioning well. The preferred design of the market would be to split Germany into five pricing zones, so that we have proper pricing, reflecting the actual situation in each of the different parts of Germany. Why is this not happeni…

17 Jun

2026

DE Speech

Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Mr President, I don't understand what we are waiting for. Of course, we need to electrify. That's what's needed for jobs, economy, climate. And of course, we need an electrification target. Otherwise, Europe completely lags behind globally. But I have to address something very important: If we are to electrify the system completely, the system needs to work. And right now, the German electricity m…

20 May

2026

EN Speech

Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

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Madam President, what is even happening here? Every day since the start of the war in Iran, Europe has been paying an extra half a billion euros for fossil fuels. Every day. For nothing. That's EUR 3.5 billion this week alone to the fossil fuel industry. For nothing. They're robbing us. Without the emissions trading scheme, we would have been in a much worse situation. Reports show that without th…

19 May

2026

EN Speech

Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Fertiliser prices went up because the Hormuz Strait was closed, and we are dependent on oil and gas and this Hormuz Strait to produce the fertilisers. That is why the prices went up. The ETS price went down during this time. This is why we have this crisis. Why don't you want to take us out of these dangerous dependencies? I don't understand that.…

19 May

2026

EN Question

Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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So here we go again. I still don't understand. We have fertilisers that are dependent on oil and gas. Oil and gas prices go up. Fertiliser prices go up. And what do you want to do? Continue using fertilisers from oil and gas! How will that solve Europe's fertiliser problem? How will that make fertiliser cheaper for our farmers? We need green policies. We need the Green Deal to transition to the su…

19 May

2026

SV Speech

Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Sun, earth and water. Yes, many people think that's all it takes to produce food and food. But nutrition is needed in the form of fertilizer, and it's getting really expensive now. Our farmers deserve better than their lives, livelihoods and future being decided by dictatorships or populists. We are still too dependent on imported fossil-based fertiliser. Russ…

18 May

2026

EN Speech

The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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But isn't the bigger picture more important here – that we send a signal to the Commission that the Baltic Sea is in desperate need of action? This report is the first time ever the Parliament is taking such a stance. Isn't it more important that we send this strong signal together, united, even though we disagree on the content? Yes or no? Will you vote in favour of this report? The Baltic Sea ne…

18 May

2026

EN Question

The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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The aim of this report is to send a strong signal to the Commission that we need to review the Baltic Sea map. Because it is obviously not working for the Baltic Sea. The Left Group, in the Fisheries Committee, did not support this report in the fall, because of the seals and cormorants that you mention. I agree that you do not have to like everything that is in the report. Everything is not for e…

18 May

2026

SV Speech

The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Hey, now it's a month left until midsummer and who wants to celebrate Swedish summer without herring? I don't think anyone. But the situation in the Baltic Sea is still acute. Eutrophication, overfishing and a collapsing fish stock. It's clear. The current Baltic Sea Management Plan is not working and the Baltic Sea is an EU issue. It is only here that we can do …

25 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

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Mr President, it is not a political message.

25 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

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25 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

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Mr President, right now, we are living some really hard‑earned lessons. For decades, we built our economy based on fossil fuels when we should have known better. We should have known better when Russia invaded Crimea and cut the gas flows. We should have known better, changed our tax system and phased out oil instead of hoping for Iran to keep the Hormuz Strait open. We should have known better th…

10 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Cutting red tape to enable a competitive and clean transition – the urgent need to shorten and simplify permitting (debate)

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Mr President, I agree with President Macron. The energy transition is too slow, the pathway towards new mines is too slow, reducing dependency on fossil fuels is too slow, building Europe's competitiveness is too slow. And one of the reasons is because of the lack of predictability that we are creating in this House. The political uncertainty is actually influencing our businesses. But second of a…

10 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, we are facing a very serious situation. The war in Iran is sending shockwaves into our energy system, causing prices to soar, and we need to be prepared. The petroleum populism isn't working. Our best way to prepare is finally phasing out fossil fuels for real. But we are not delivering. Renewable energy is taxed the same way as fossil energy in this Union. Biofuels have …

10 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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But what your side of the House, this part of the House, needs to understand is it's the dependency on coal, oil and gas that led us here. That's why we are in the situation where we are today. That's why the prices are skyrocketing. Coal will not be a nice teddy bear you can go to whenever you have a problem. It is the actual problem. Coal, oil and gas are the main cause of the energy price probl…

10 Mar

2026

EN Question

Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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So do I understand you correctly that we are in a situation where the oil and gas prices are skyrocketing because of the war in Iran, the situation in the Middle East, and what you want to do is take all of the climate policies that are to take us out of these dependencies on fossil fuel, remove them, and then continue using oil, gas and coal? How will that lower energy prices for European consume…

12 Feb

2026

SV Speech

Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

EN Speech

Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, as we are having this debate now, there is a banner outside of this room sponsored by a Member of this House from the ECR that is really attacking women's rights to their own body. I demand ...…

10 Feb

2026

EN Speech

European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

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Mr President, a few days ago, the Olympic fire was lit in Milan. The same night, Russia fired 447 missiles and drones towards energy facilities in Ukraine. The halls in Italy where curling, hockey and figure skating will take place are about -1 to -5°C. The temperature in Ukraine has dropped to under -21°C in the past days. When you are watching the Olympic Games in your nice, warm living room, 1 …

27 Nov

2025

SV Question

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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Interesting thing about the Sweden Democrats. You seem almost proud that you want to dismantle Sweden's climate policy and that we miss all emissions targets. You do not want to reduce Sweden's emissions. You are voting against the EU's climate targets and all climate legislation presented in Fit for 55, and you do not want us to go to the COP and negotiate at global level. So explain to me, Beatr…

27 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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Mr President, the EU is not fighting fossil fuels themselves, but the emissions they produce. That was what Ursula von der Leyen said last week. I am sorry, honourable President, but I do not agree. We are fighting fossil fuels. They are the reason for global warming and the climate crisis that we are in, and it is outrageous to state otherwise. More than 80 % of the world energy and 68 % of the e…